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'''Bob Bates''' was one of [[Infocom]]'s later game designers. After [[Infocom]] was shut down by [[Activision]] he, Mike Verdu and several other Infocommies formed [[Legend Entertainment]], which specialized in text-adventure games for several years.
[[Image:Gl-bates.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Bob Bates, 2007. From GET LAMP.]]
 
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Inspired by [[Infocom]] games (specifically [[Zork]]), Bob Bates co-founded a company to sell text adventures, called Challenge, Inc. Contacting Activision about licensing the Infocom engine, Bates had a meeting with Jim Levy of Activision and was soon asked to develop games for Infocom directly on a contractor basis. This resulted in [[Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels]] and [[Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur]]. After these projects, Infocom was shut down, scuttling projects Bates was working on. (An adaptation of James Cameron's film ''The Abyss'' and a third "from the legends of history" game based on Robin Hood.)
 
Bates then founded (with Mike Verdu) a follow-up company called [[Legend Entertainment]], which continued to produce games in the style of Infocom, including the efforts of a number of ex-Infocom employees as contributors/writers.


==Author Credits==
==Author Credits==

Revision as of 18:56, 1 July 2007

Bob Bates, 2007. From GET LAMP.


Inspired by Infocom games (specifically Zork), Bob Bates co-founded a company to sell text adventures, called Challenge, Inc. Contacting Activision about licensing the Infocom engine, Bates had a meeting with Jim Levy of Activision and was soon asked to develop games for Infocom directly on a contractor basis. This resulted in Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels and Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur. After these projects, Infocom was shut down, scuttling projects Bates was working on. (An adaptation of James Cameron's film The Abyss and a third "from the legends of history" game based on Robin Hood.)

Bates then founded (with Mike Verdu) a follow-up company called Legend Entertainment, which continued to produce games in the style of Infocom, including the efforts of a number of ex-Infocom employees as contributors/writers.

Author Credits

Organizational Credits

Other Credits

  • "Designing the Puzzle." Game Developers Conference, San Jose, California, April 1997.
  • John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles (publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1998) graphic adventure game.
  • Co-founder and organizer of the Game Designers Workshop, an annual conference of computer game designers concerned with storytelling.
  • Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games. Prima Publishing, 2001.

Links

Interviews

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